We Should Call The Above:
“ONE DOWN AND ONE TO GO”
First:
Carlos Mendoza was canned as manager on Friday.
Answering Resse Kaplan’s April 17 headline: Should Mendoza Be Fired
You call it whatever you want.
I call it: LONG OVERDUE
Would this Mets team have done much better if Billy Martin managed it?
Second:
The second lowest qualifying hitter’s OBP in the majors is E. Tovar: .254.
Mark Vientos is just short of “qualifying” PA’s, but his awful OBP is .255.
Basically, give or take a point, he is the equivalent of # 2.
Besides OBP:
He stinks at fielding and base running, and at hitting with 2 outs and RISP, and is hitting under .100 when his at bats reach two strikes.
I call him: AN EX-NY MET, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
So should you, I surmise.
Third, and Final:
What player is getting $20MM this year, and has cost the Mets $10MM per RBI?
I call him: JORGE POLANCO. WITH 2 RBI’S. MONEY WELL SPENT.
By comparison:
Charlie Ferguson, as a pitcher in 1887, drove in 85 runs. Not paid $20MM.
I could go on indefinitely, but will stop here.
Have you got any of your own that you want to add?
METS LOST AGAIN, DESPITE A STRONG ZACH THORNTON START
TOP 30 AND COLE MATHIS
Obtained in the David Peterson trade, Mathis was slotted in as the Mets’ # 14 prospect.
Ryan Clifford is # 2, despite his batting .197 with 113 Ks in 75 games?
Totally understandable. Right? NOT.
Me? I think we should switch Mathis to # 2 and Clifford to # 14, myself.
Mathis did not play on Friday night.
SIMON JUAN ELEVEN GAME HITTING STREAK FOR ST LUCIE
Juan has climbed to .199. Not thunderous, but a real improvement lately.
10 comments:
Will the Mets make the playoffs? That’s a silly question. They are already in the playoffs. They won the first of eight games against playoff bound Philly. And they lost the next seven games in a row to Chicago and Philly. Those “ playoffs”will soon end.
I wish the regular season would end just as quickly.
No playoffs for you
Baseball Nazi
Im not saying that Jared Young is the answer at 1st base, but he needs to play every day, regardless of who is pitching. His defense is light years better than Vientos. I can picture Vientos on the bench last night watching Young make plays in the field and saying "uh oh"
I had such misplaced hope pre-season. I forgot which franchise it was. My bad.
Vientos would make a good ball boy. Is that too harsh?
Don't forget the automatic out Baty and his 3 HRs in 268 plate appearances you actually have to try to be that bad. Great game last night for Zach against those brutes from Philly a very solid performance under extreme circumstances. Also why do you play Baty and sit Alvy and DH Bo? Dum s**t never stops. When do they dump the genius? Steve oh Steve u listening?
Gary, we thought we’d get Baty Thunder. Instead, we get Baty Blunder. This whole franchise is one big blunder.
The Rays sit at $108 million total payroll for tax purposes, and are 16 games over .500. The Mets are 14 games under with triple the payroll. Tampa is in a red state, the Mets in a blue state. Boy, do those 2 teams emulate their states, both in terms of spending and performance.
Hey you showed that he is #2 at something!
Exactly.
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